16 of 25, 96 yards, he, he was scrambling around in the pocket for his life a lot of times.

Yeah.

I mean, well, what the, what the Vikings do more than anyone else in the NFL is they blitz, right? They blitzed on 61% of the snaps in that game.

That's actually down from their season average.

They went into that game blitzing on almost 68% of their snaps.

It's what they do.

And they, and because they do it so much, they, they're, they've become masters at showing you a ton of different looks, of, of bringing pressure from different areas.

Right

16 of 25, 96 yards, he, he was scrambling around in the pocket for his life a lot of times.

Yeah, I mean, well, what the, what the Vikings do more than anyone else in the NFL is they blitz, right? They blitzed on 61% of the snaps in that game.

That's actually down from their season average.

They went into that game blitzing on almost 68% of their snaps.

It's what they do.

And they, and because they do it so much, they, they're, they've become masters at showing you a ton of different looks, of, of bringing pressure from different areas.

And, you know, it's, it's...

Right

16 of 25, 96 yards, he, he was scrambling around in the pocket for his life a lot of times.

Yeah, I mean, well, what the, what the Vikings do more than anyone else in the NFL is they blitz, right? They blitzed on 61% of the snaps in that game.

That's actually down from their season average.

They went into that game blitzing on almost 68% of their snaps.

It's what they do.

And they, and because they do it so much they, they're, they've become masters at showing you a ton of different looks, of, of bringing pressure from different areas and, you know, it's, it's...

The Saints aren't alone in being made to look silly against that defense.

Right.

I think the game yesterday highlighted every concern that you've ever articulated and every challenge that you've ever articulated that this team was gonna have with their present roster for the most part came to the forefront last night.

Yeah.

And, you know, the, the defense I think was, was the most disappointing in the sense that, you know, you put up 24 points, um, yet it, it...

You just couldn't get off the field.

And whether that was because of the pieces that were missing, you know, I think the, the, the, the importance of Caden Ellis in this defense I think came, became very clear, uh, last night.

Um, I mean, you just, you just couldn't stop the run, and that's a team that's gonna try to run it down your throat, and if you let them, they're just [laughs] gonna keep doing it.

Um, you make life really easy on Michael Penix.

A, a lot of those passes that Tyler threw, his receivers were open, but he just, he had difficulty on many attempts to really get both feet firmly planted on the ground, not throwing it off his back foot and not being hurried, right?

I think the game yesterday highlighted every concern that you've ever articulated, and every challenge that you've ever articulated that this team was gonna have with their present roster for the most part came to the forefront last night.

Yeah.

And, you know, the, the defense I think was, was the most disappointing in the sense that, you know, you put up 24 points, um, yet it, it...

You just couldn't get off the field.

And whether that was because of the pieces that were missing, you know, I think the, the, the, the importance of Caden Ellis in this defense I think came- became very clear, uh, last night.

Um, I mean, you just, you just couldn't stop the run, and that's a team that's gonna try to run it down your throat.

And if you let them, they're just [laughs] gonna keep doing it.

A, a lot of those passes that Tyler threw, his receivers were open, but he just, he had difficulty on many attempts to really get both feet firmly planted on the ground, not throwing it off his back foot and not being hurried, right?

I think the game yesterday highlighted every concern that you've ever articulated, and every challenge that you've ever articulated that this team was gonna have with their present roster, for the most part came to the forefront last night.

Yeah.

And, you know, the, the defense I think was, was the most disappointing in the sense that, you know, you put up 24 points, um, yet it, it...

You just couldn't get off the field.

And whether that was because of the pieces that were missing, you know, I think the, the, the importance of Caden Ellis in this defense I think came, became very clear, uh, last night.

Um, I mean, j- you just couldn't stop the run, and that's a team that's gonna try to run it down your throat, and if you let them, they're just [laughs] gonna keep doing it.

Um, you make life really easy on Michael Penix.

A, a lot of those passes that Tyler threw, his receivers were open, but he just, he had difficulty on many attempts to really get both feet firmly planted on the ground, not throwing it off his back foot and not being hurried, right?

What have you kind of seen from him through his development and just how he's kind of really bought into what Kellen Moore is selling in New Orleans?

Yeah, I think what stood out in week one was just – and this is true for a lot of teams around the league.

They're knocking off some rust.

I mean, particularly with Noah Fant, he was the target on both of those interceptions.

And, yeah, there was some miscommunication there.

One, he thought he was going to break out.

He broke in.

How have you kind of seen him develop through his time?

So what are Saints people expecting from him, both positively and maybe what does he have to clean up in year number two?

Yeah, you know, it's interesting you bring that up because I was thinking about it this morning.

And the Giants and Saints are in a very similar situation.

They're both kind of in that rebuild phase where you're trying to reset.

The only difference is, you know, dating back to Saquon, I think, was it 2018? The Giants have picked in the top seven eight different times.

the Saints have picked in the top seven zero different times.

And it's kind of interesting because it's like, it doesn't really matter where you pick.

How much better can it be? Because there was much made about the bumps and bruises and black and blues that Shuck had to go through last season.